Trump announces deadly US strike on another alleged Venezuelan drug boat

<p>President says three people killed in strike against vessel he said was transporting drugs ‘headed to the US’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/sep/15/donald-trump-politics-washington-dc-national-emergency-ice-charlie-kirk-live-news-updates">US politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> said on Monday that the United States had carried out a strike on a second <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/venezuela">Venezuelan</a> boat and killed three alleged terrorists he claimed were transporting drugs, expanding his administration’s war against drug cartels and the scope of lethal military force to stop them.</p><p>The US president gave few details about the strike, saying in a social media post that the action was on his orders and that it had happened earlier in the morning. The post was accompanied by a video clip showing the boat, which appeared to be stationary, erupting into a fireball.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/15/trump-strike-venezuela-drug-cartel-vessel">Continue reading...</a>